RaveLibrary JournalHer prose is sharp and quick, while her eccentric, deeply human characters balance grim humor with keen emotional insight. Themes of loneliness, survivors’ guilt, and chosen family run throughout, enriched by Millet’s understanding of the tiny loyalties, irritations, and intimacies that sustain long friendships. Particularly affecting is Millet’s portrayal of grief as an ongoing reshaping of identity rather than a single transformative event.
RaveLibrary JournalMoving and powerful ... Educational and intimate ... This beautiful memoir about how it feels to be different belongs in every public library collection.
